Cyberpunk Red (2078) - Nomads

[Noir]

NOMADS

Nomads wander the highways, (and even shores and skies) looking for work in the blasted lands between cities. They are hardy, resourceful and largely self sufficient people. The most important to Nomad life are the families: tight-knit groups that travel together, work together and rely on each other for almost everything.

Nomads embody the utility and efficiency associated with the "Entropism" style. Their clothing must withstand the hardships of the road, combining military-survivalist motifs with elements of biker and road warrior culture such as leather jackets, knee pads (or protective implants) and all manner of hats and headgear.

During the rebuilding of Night City after the 4th Corporate War and the Unification War, the Nomads played a vital part, bringing in supplies and helping the throngs of newfound homeless. They garnered a lot of god will during that time with their compassion and hard work, only to have much of it stripped away by the formation of the Wraiths decades later.

The older citizens of Night City still remember though.

 

The following are some of the more notable Nomad families that frequent Night City and the area around it.

 

Aldecaldos
"She who lives in the hearts of her loved ones can never truly die." ~ Aldecaldos saying

The Aldecaldo family is a member of the Seven Nations and was the first true nomad family to form during the 1990s as Los Angeles turned into a warzone. The group took to the road, adopting the Nomad lifestyle. They migrated to Mexico City where they settled for a time, gathering material and numbers before returning to California and eventually most of the American West and Midwest.

Their caravans mostly operate on West Coast and Southwest, where they transport passengers and merchandise over state borders in large, well-guarded convoys. In addition, the Aldacaldos scavenge, hire themselves out as security and manual farm laborers, and also engage in the Nomad traditions of smuggling and bootlegging.

 

Steel Vaqueros
A Nomad pack out of Salinas, California. Their ragtag convoys have been making the coastal highway run from the Santa Cruz agriplots to the southern cities for decades, occasionally sending smaller, faster groups north to Oregon and Washington. which allowed them to provide essential supplies to Night City during the Time of the Red.

They are on generally the move more than they are stopped, rarely staying in an are for long, even by Nomad standards. They are smart, hard working, relatively honest, and are know to take in anyone who displays skill, dependability, and can keep up with them.

The Steel Vaqueros are on generally good terms with most of the Nomads in the area and have a long running feud with the Wraiths (even beyond that of normal Nomads).